Learning Booklets
Tajweed
Learn to read the Quran correctly and beautifully, one rule at a time, with coloured examples from real Quran words, recitations to listen to and practice after every lesson.
- 17
- Lessons
- 5
- Parts
- 9
- Rule colours
Look Inside
Open the Booklet
Tap any page to read it up close.
How a Lesson Works
Every Lesson, Step by Step
- 1The big idea
One clear sentence that tells the reader what the rule is.
- 2Learn the rule
Short parts with big pictures, the rule's colour and its letters.
- 3Let's read
Real Quran words in colour, with a QR code to listen to the recitation.
- 4Practice time
Questions after every lesson, with answers at the end of the book.
Every rule has its own colour, always shown with its name and letters too. The book follows the recitation of Hafs from 'Asim, by way of ash-Shatibiyyah.
Contents
Each part ends with a review. The book ends with a rules chart, an answer key and a certificate.
- Part 1Before We Recite
- 01What Is Tajweed?Reading the Quran correctly and beautifully
- 02Isti'adhah and BasmalahWhat we say before we recite
- Part 2Noon and Meem
- 03Noon and Meem with ShaddahA long humming sound from the nose
- 04Noon Sakinah and TanweenOne sound, four rules
- 05IzharShowing the Noon clearly
- 06IdghamMerging the Noon into the next letterIn the preview
- 07IqlabTurning the Noon into a Meem
- 08IkhfaHiding the Noon with ghunnah
- 09Meem SakinahThree rules from the lips
- Part 3Madd: Stretching Sounds
- 10What Is Madd?Stretching the sound of a madd letter
- 11Madd Because of HamzahA longer stretch before a hamzah
- 12Madd Because of SukunStopping and fixed sukun make madd longer
- Part 4Letters and Their Sounds
- 13The Letter RaWhen Ra is heavy and when it is light
- 14Lam SakinahMoon letters, sun letters and the Lam of Allah
- 15Makharij: Where Letters Come FromThe places where letters are made
- 16QalqalahA bouncing sound in five letters
- Part 5Joining, Stopping and Starting
- 17Waqf and IbtidaStopping well and starting well